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My own personal opinion, of course, but I can hardly think of a better choice. Well done. Congrats to my American friends.

Now believed to have been a 'suicide attack' by a small boat.

Iran tested medium-range ballistic missile: U.S. official (Reuters) In direct contravention of UN resolutions and the Obama 'deal'

To Threaten Ships, the Houthis Improvised a Missile Strike Force (War is Boring) Several of the claims are detailed there.

Yeah, the Houthis have claimed destruction of numerous Saudi Navy vessels several times over in the past. Though they are obviously quite capable of doing it, I would not necessarily accept their claims at face value.

Doesn't look destroyed ... yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrrhTyBGfA Perhaps a glancing hit a la INS Hanit?

Related to another item from The Economist and noted by Cdr Salamander.

Worth your attention.

Excellent account, Yishten. I concur in all respects. Not much to add to that, other than to say: The role of Ladnyy in this scenario was to act as support and backstop, being inferior in virtually all respects that mattered (to the scenario) to the Sovremennyy class destroyer. Ladnyy's SA-N-4b Gecko would be used to provide close defence to the merchants and engage any 'leakers' that might get past Stoykiy, while there were SS-N-14d Silex missiles to offer up a secondary anti-surface capability (in the unlikely event it came to that). Red was able to put up essentially the worst case scenario for us - a heavy anti-ship missile attack combined with an air attack. Iran expending virtually all of its Harpoon inventory in a single engagement is a pretty good indicator of that. Had it been able to exploit multiple axes of attack and/or achieve true simultaneous time on target, or had better luck, things may very well have went differently. I have often said that there is no computer simulation - whether Harpoon based or otherwise - that can match a well devised and umpired game based on a solid foundation of rules and fought between human players. This latest scenario confirms it.

Yes, I'm aware. Work on generic ECM generations is in progress.

A new version of the HCDB2 or Harpoon Commander's Edition Database 2 (HCDB2-170129) is now available. Another whopper. New additions include: Aircraft: AH-64A Apache 95 - Egypt AH-64D Apache 05 - Egypt AH-64A Peten 90 - Israel AH-64DI Saraph 05 - Israel AH-64DJP Longbow 06 - Japan AH-64D Longbow 06 - Kuwait AH-64D Longbow 99 - Netherlands AH-64A Apache 93 - Saudi Arabia AH-64A Apache 93 - UAE AH-64A Apache 15 - UAE AH-64D Longbow 08 - UAE WAH-64D Apache 04 - UK AH-64A Apache 86 - USA AH-64A Apache 92 - USA AH-64A Apache 95 - USA AH-64D Apache 99 - USA AH-64D Longbow 99 - USA AH-64D Longbow 08 - USA AH-64E Guardian 13 - USA B-2A Spirit Blk10 97 - USA B-2A Spirit Blk20 97 - USA B-2A Spirit Blk30 99 - USA B-2A Spirit Blk30 01 - USA B-2A Spirit Blk30 04 - USA B-2A Spirit Blk30 06 - USA B-2A Spirit Blk30 12 - USA B-2A Spirit Blk30 20 - USA J-8A Finback A 86 - China J-8B Finback B 95 - China J-8D Finback B 97 - China J-8F Finback B 04 - China J-10A Vigorous Dragon 06 - China J-10B Vigorous Dragon 15 - China J-15 Flying Shark 16 - China J-16 Flying Shark 14 - China J-20 Mighty Dragon 18 - China JH-7 Flounder 96 - China JH-7A Flounder 04 - China JH-7A Flounder 13 - China JH-7B Flounder 17 - China Mirage 2000C 06 - Brazil Mirage 2000EM 86 - Egypt Mirage 2000EM 92 - Egypt Mirage 2000-5F 99 - France Mirage 2000-5F 07 - France Mirage 2000C 84 - France Mirage 2000C 88 - France Mirage 2000C 96 - France Mirage 2000D R1 95 - France Mirage 2000D R1 96 - France Mirage 2000D R1 99 - France Mirage 2000D R2 01 - France Mirage 2000D R2 04 - France Mirage 2000D R2 11 - France Mirage 2000D R2 13 - France Mirage 2000N K1 88 - France Mirage 2000N K2 89 - France Mirage 2000N K2 97 - France Mirage 2000N K2 99 - France Mirage 2000N K2 11 - France Mirage 2000N K3 10 - France Mirage 2000-5EGM 08 - Greece Mirage 2000EG-SG1 88 - Greece Mirage 2000EG-SG2 95 - Greece Mirage 2000EG-SG3 98 - Greece Mirage 2000H 86 - India Mirage 2000H 96 - India Mirage 2000I 15 - India Mirage 2000P 85 - Peru Mirage 2000P 00 - Peru Mirage 2000-5EDA 98 - Qatar Mirage 2000-5EI 97 - Taiwan Mirage 2000EAD 90 - UAE Mirage 2000EAD 94 - UAE Mirage 2000RAD 90 - UAE Mirage 2000RAD 94 - UAE Mirage 2000-9 03 - UAE Nimrod MR.1 80 - UK Nimrod MR.2 80 - UK Nimrod MR.2P 82 - UK Nimrod MR.2P 83 - UK Nimrod MR.2P 86 - UK Nimrod MR.2P 91 - UK Nimrod MR.2P(GM) 91 - UK Nimrod MR.2 99 - UK Nimrod MR.2 03 - UK Nimrod MR.2 06 - UK Nimrod R.1P 82 - UK Sea King AEW.2 83 - UK Sea King AEW.2A 86 - UK Sea King ASaC.7 02 - UK Su-25K Frogfoot A 88 - Angola Su-25K Frogfoot A 95 - Iran Su-25K Frogfoot A 12 - Iran Su-25K Frogfoot A 86 - Iraq Su-25K Frogfoot A 88 - North Korea Su-25K Frogfoot A 98 - Peru Su-25 Frogfoot A 92 - Russia Su-25SM Frogfoot 06 - Russia Su-25SM2 Frogfoot 13 - Russia Su-25SM3 Frogfoot 16 - Russia Su-25T Frogfoot 94 - Russia Su-25UTG Frogfoot B 95 - Russia Su-25UTG Frogfoot B 13 - Russia Su-39 Frogfoot C 98 - Russia Su-25 Frogfoot A 92 - Ukraine Su-25 Frogfoot A 81 - USSR Su-27S Flanker B 00 - Angola Su-27P Flanker B 92 - Belarus Su-27SKM Flanker B 10 - Indonesia Su-27S Flanker B 92 - Russia Su-27SM Flanker B 05 - Russia Su-27S Flanker B 92 - Ukraine Su-27P Flanker B 86 - USSR Su-27S Flanker B 88 - USSR Su-27SK Flanker B 95 - Vietnam Su-50 PAK-FA 17 - Russia Tornado ADV 95 - Italy Tornado ADV 89 - Saudi Arabia Tornado EF.3 03 - UK Tornado EF.3 04 - UK Tornado F.2 85 - UK Tornado F.3 86 - UK Tornado F.3 91 - UK Tornado F.3(GW) 91 - UK Tornado F.3 95 - UK Tornado F.3 98 - UK Tornado F.3 02 - UK Tornado F.3 04 - UK Tu-22M2 Backfire B 92 - Russia Tu-22M3 Backfire C 92 - Russia Tu-22M3M Backfire C 16 - Russia Tu-22MR Backfire D 92 - Russia Tu-22M2 Backfire B 92 - Ukraine Tu-22M3 Backfire C 92 - Ukraine Tu-22M2 Backfire B 80 - USSR Tu-22M3 Backfire C 83 - USSR Tu-22M3 Backfire C 88 - USSR Tu-95MR Bear E 80 - USSR Tu-95RT Bear D 92 - Russia Tu-95RT Bear D 80 - USSR Tu-160 Blackjack 92 - Russia Tu-160M Blackjack 14 - Russia Tu-160M Blackjack 16 - Russia Tu-160 Blackjack 92 - Ukraine Tu-160 Blackjack 87 - USSR Enjoy.

Its intentional, while I still consider how to best implement it. You might have noticed that many Soviet/Russian naval SAMs have also had Surf pH for quite some time now, but lack the flag.

You can use my real name. Larry and Chris are not strangers to me.

Agreed. If there were multiple missiles approaching on vastly different bearings, e.g. port and starboard directions, it may have been a factor. Here, it was not.

Well done, gents. Red had a very tough mission, though you put your best foot forward in the attempt.

Might be useful to note the distance at which the final F-4 was downed, and whether it was already inside AK-130 range at the time.

I guess the burning question now is whether any small dark shapes fell away from the F-4 before it exploded. And if so, it ought to get very loud aboard ship as the guns open up.

I wouldn't. If it does manage to evade your current allotment, and you get weapons separation, you will need em for the incoming missiles.

I am seeing only a single contact for A015 now with the latest SimPlot data. It is very low, making me think it is on a dumb bomb attack run rather than looking to launch Maverick.

No worries about any of that, lol. I might get to go home having accomplished my mission without having fired a shot.

Good job, Yishten. Those F-4s are about to take a beating too. Unless you direct, Ladnyy will continue to provide close air defence to the merchants. The remaining jets and helo will probably constitute Red's final attempt at harming us. I hope. I could turn and race and toward your port side if you like.

Ladnyy will contribute SA-N-4b fire to any leakers in the enemy missile raid (range 13.0 nm vs non-maneuvering targets) as they come into range.

A new version of the HCDB2 or Harpoon Commander's Edition Database 2 (HCDB2-170122) is now available. Its a big one. New additions include: Aircraft: AH-1E Cobra 94 - Bahrain AH-1E Cobra 96 - Bahrain AH-1F Cobra 00 - Pakistan AH-1F Cobra 86 - Jordan AH-1F Cobra 88 - South Korea AH-1F Cobra 81 - USA AH-1F Cobra 85 - USA AH-1F Cobra 90 - USA AH-1F Zefas 80 - Israel AH-1F Zefas 92 - Israel AH-1G Cobra Z.14 80 - Spain AH-1J Sea Cobra 80 - Iran AH-1J Sea Cobra 80 - USA AH-1P Cobra 97 - Turkey AH-1P Cobra 03 - Turkey AH-1S Cobra 86 - Japan AH-1S Cobra 92 - Japan AH-1S Cobra 86 - Pakistan AH-1S Cobra 80 - USA AH-1T Sea Cobra 80 - USA AH-1W Super Cobra 93 - Taiwan AH-1W Super Cobra 95 - Taiwan AH-1W Super Cobra 01 - Taiwan AH-1W Super Cobra 90 - Turkey AH-1W Super Cobra 97 - Turkey AH-1W Super Cobra 99 - Turkey AH-1W Super Cobra 06 - Turkey AH-1W Super Cobra 86 - USA AH-1W Super Cobra 89 - USA AH-1W Super Cobra 94 - USA AH-1W Super Cobra 04 - USA AH-1W Super Cobra 12 - USA AH-1Z Viper 10 - USA AH-1Z Viper 12 - USA F-14A Tomcat 81 - USA F-14A Tomcat 86 - USA F-14A Tomcat 90 - USA F-14A Tomcat 94 - USA F-14A Tomcat 98 - USA F-14B Tomcat 89 - USA F-14B Tomcat 94 - USA F-14B Tomcat 98 - USA F-14B Tomcat 02 - USA F-14B Tomcat 05 - USA F-14D Tomcat 92 - USA F-14D Tomcat 98 - USA F-14D Tomcat 02 - USA F-14D Tomcat 05 - USA F-117A Nighthawk 83 - USA F-117A Nighthawk 86 - USA F-117A Nighthawk 88 - USA F-117A Nighthawk 90 - USA F-117A Nighthawk 94 - USA F-117A Nighthawk 03 - USA F-117A Nighthawk 05 - USA H-6A Badger 80 - China H-6C Badger 84 - China H-6D Badger 87 - China H-6D Badger 00 - China H-6DU Badger 00 - China H-6E Badger 00 - China H-6G Badger 06 - China H-6G Badger 15 - China H-6H Badger 06 - China H-6K Badger 09 - China H-6M Badger 08 - China H-6U Badger 97 - China Jaguar A 81 - France Jaguar A 84 - France Jaguar A 88 - France Jaguar A 00 - France Jaguar GR.1 80 - UK Jaguar GR.1A 85 - UK Jaguar GR.1A 90 - UK Jaguar GR.1A 91 - UK Jaguar GR.1B 95 - UK Jaguar GR.3 97 - UK Jaguar GR.3A 00 - UK Jaguar OS 80 - Oman Jaguar 97 00 - Oman Jaguar SN 84 - Nigeria Jaguar IM 86 - India Jaguar IM 00 - India Jaguar IM 13 - India Jaguar IM 17 - India Jaguar IS 80 - India Jaguar IS 99 - India Jaguar IS 07 - India Jaguar IS 17 - India Rafale B F3R 17 - Egypt Rafale C F3R 17 - Egypt Rafale B F2 06 - France Rafale B F3 09 - France Rafale B F3 11 - France Rafale B F3 14 - France Rafale B F3R 19 - France Rafale C F2 06 - France Rafale C F3 09 - France Rafale C F3 11 - France Rafale C F3 13 - France Rafale C F3R 19 - France Rafale M F1 01 - France Rafale M F1 02 - France Rafale M F1 04 - France Rafale M F2 07 - France Rafale M F3 09 - France Rafale M F3 11 - France Rafale M F3 13 - France Rafale M F3 14 - France Rafale M F3R 19 - France Rafale B F3R 18 - Qatar Rafale C F3R 18 - Qatar Su-24MK Fencer D 97 - Algeria Su-24MK2 Fencer D 07 - Algeria Su-24M2 Fencer D 10 - Algeria Su-24MK1 Fencer D 00 - Angola Su-24MK Fencer D 92 - Iran Su-24MK Fencer D 96 - Iran Su-24MK Fencer D 90 - Iraq Su-24MK Fencer D 89 - Libya Su-24 Fencer C 92 - Russia Su-24M Fencer D 92 - Russia Su-24M Fencer D 93 - Russia Su-24M2 Fencer D 09 - Russia Su-24MR Fencer E 92 - Russia Su-24MP Fencer F 92 - Russia Su-24MK Fencer D 13 - Sudan Su-24 Fencer C 92 - Ukraine Su-24M Fencer D 92 - Ukraine Su-24MR Fencer E 92 - Ukraine Su-24MP Fencer F 92 - Ukraine Su-24 Fencer A 80 - USSR Su-24 Fencer B 80 - USSR Su-24 Fencer B 85 - USSR Su-24 Fencer C 81 - USSR Su-24 Fencer C 85 - USSR Su-24M Fencer D 82 - USSR Su-24M Fencer D 85 - USSR Su-24MP Fencer F 83 - USSR Su-24MR Fencer E 83 - USSR Tornado GR.1 82 - UK Tornado GR.1 85 - UK Tornado GR.1 91 - UK Tornado GR.1 95 - UK Tornado GR.1A 86 - UK Tornado GR.1A 91 - UK Tornado GR.1A 95 - UK Tornado GR.1B 94 - UK Tornado GR.4 01 - UK Tornado GR.4 03 - UK Tornado GR.4 07 - UK Tornado GR.4 09 - UK Tornado GR.4 11 - UK Tornado GR.4 14 - UK Tornado GR.4 16 - UK Tornado GR.4A 02 - UK Tornado GR.4A 03 - UK Tornado GR.4A 07 - UK Tornado GR.4A 09 - UK Tornado GR.4A 11 - UK Tornado GR.4A 14 - UK Tornado GR.4A 16 - UK Ships: Kunming Type 052D 15 - China Enjoy.

Oh I didn't think Ladnyy was ever going to be in a position to defend Stoykiy given the bearing of the threat. It was a question of being in a position to block leakers fired against the merchants, and to defend the merchants against other potential threats. We're still in good shape.

As excellent a tool that SimPlot is, I think that there is probably a sort of disconnect between the way the paper rules handle turns and the way they are able to be depicted visually. I didn't think there was any funny business.